Northeast Gardening: pruning trees, 1 by Sofonisba

Sofonisba wrote:
This spring I pruned some branches off my cherry tree. I used a hand saw and dragged the cut branches into a pile next to the compost bin, to be cut into smaller pieces for the compost or chiminea. Now it's September and the pile of branches is still there. I don't have the time to hand cut each and every branch into small pieces. I called a tree maintenance company and they wanted $450 to cut my branches up. What do you all do when you have large yard debris like branches and such? Does anyone use a chainsaw? I'm afraid of them but maybe I can learn to use one and then get a chipper...

Harper